Exercise on Values

1. THE ALLIGATOR RIVER STORY

2. As most stories begin…Once upon a time, there
was a river that was practically overflowing with
alligators. As you may have guessed, it was
called Alligator River. A girl named Abigail lived
on the west bank of the river. Her boyfriend,
Greg, lived on the opposite bank. Abigail and
Greg were very much in love with each other.
One slight complication; no boat, and alligator-
filled river stood between them.

3. Abigail decided to seek help so that she could
see her boyfriend, Greg. She approached Rene,
who owned a boat. Now this was very fortunate
for Abigail, because Rene’s boat was exactly what
she needed to get across the river. She explained
her situation to Rene and asked if she could
borrow his boat. Rene thought for a moment and
then replied: “Sure, you can borrow my boat, but
only under one condition: The condition is that
you sleep with me tonight.”

4. Now this startled Abigail, because she didn’t
want to sleep with Rene-she just wanted to
borrow his boat so that she could see Greg.

5. After Abigail had told Rene “nothing
doing,” she wandered down the road until
she came upon Henry. Abigail explained her
plight (her desire to see Greg, Rene’s
response) to Henry. After hearing all this,
Henry told Abigail: “Don’t bother me!
that’s not my concern. I’ve got other
things to do. Leave me alone!” a despondent
Abigail, her options exhausted, finally
decided to go back to Rene. She slept with
him that night, the next morning, Rene,
true to his word, loaned his boat to Abigail.

6. Abigail sailed across the river and saw her
beloved Greg. After spending a few delightful
hours together, Abigail felt compelled to tell
Greg what happened. After she had related her
whole story, Greg blew up completely: “You
what?” I can’t believe you did that. I can’t
believe that you slept with him! That’s it- it’s all
over-just forget the relationship-get out of my
life!”

7. Distraught, Abigail wandered off. She came upon
Larry, who was wandering around too. Borrowing
his shoulder to cry on, Abigail poured out her
story to Larry. Larry then went looking for Greg
(with Abigail close behind). Larry found Greg and
proceeded to beat him up, with Abigail gleefully
and laughingly applauding the bloody pummeling.

8. That’s the end of the story…

9. Question to answer:
1. Whose action is the most disgusting? Rate
the characters from 1 to 5 in the order of from
most (1) to least (5).